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San Francisco archdiocese announces US$395m sexual abuse settlement
SAN FRANCISCO, June 30 — The San Francisco archdiocese announced a US$395 million (RM1.6 billion) settlement yesterday with more than 500 people who say clergy in the California jurisdiction sexually […]
Former Gojek boss Nadiem Makarim faces judgment in graft case in Jakarta
JAKARTA, June 30 — An Indonesian court is set to issue a verdict today in the corruption trial of former education minister Nadiem Makarim, a businessman who had left a […]
Exiled Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui jailed 30 years in New York for US$1b fraud
NEW YORK, June 30 — Exiled Chinese entrepreneur Guo Wengui, convicted of defrauding thousands of people of more than US$1 billion (RM4 billion), was sentenced yesterday to 30 years in […]
Ukrainian oligarch wounded in Monaco blast as police probe ‘deliberate’ attack
NICE, June 30 — A blast from an explosive device wounded Ukrainian oligarch Vadym Yermolaiev and two others in Monaco yesterday, authorities said, in a “deliberate” act unprecedented in the […]
Six killed in shooting at German mother-and-child shelter amid custody dispute, shooter arrested
STADE, June 30 — A gunman killed four women and two men yesterday at a German shelter for mothers and their children, police said, reporting that the suspect was in […]
US Supreme Court rejects Trump’s bid to overturn E. Jean Carroll US$5m sexual assault verdict
WASHINGTON, June 30 — The US Supreme Court rejected yesterday Donald Trump’s effort to overturn a jury judgment that he sexually assaulted and defamed E Jean Carroll and must pay […]
Five killed in Stade shooting, German media reports as police confirm suspect arrest
BERLIN, June 29 — Several people were killed in a shooting in the northern German city of Stade today, police told AFP, with media reports saying five died. One person […]
Likely next PM Andy Burnham vows UK’s ‘biggest’ decentralisation of power
MANCHESTER, June 29 — Veteran Labour politician Andy Burnham, who is set to succeed outgoing UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, vowed today to “bring about the biggest rebalancing of power […]
Turkey belongs in Europe’s security architecture, says Erdogan ahead of Nato summit
ISTANBUL, June 29 — Turkey must be included in all of Europe’s defence and security structures, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today, a week ahead of a key Nato summit […]
Iran says no technical meeting with US planned this week
TEHRAN, June 29 — Iran’s foreign ministry today denied reports that Iranian and American technical teams will meet in the coming days to discuss the implementation of the deal to […]